The Mission’s two food trucks were out in the community all week, providing Thanksgiving dinners to those in need.
In all, the Mission served a record 13,605 holiday meals by the time the kitchen closed Monday.
After turning his life around thanks to the support of a concerned cook, chef helps others do the same through the Food Services Training Program at the Ottawa Mission kitchen that bears his name.
Organizers hope to raise $300,000 to help hungry and homeless as sponsors match up to $95,000 in donations at event with headliners that include Blue Rodeo.
Purchases of goods and services from Ottawa small businesses to help community s most vulnerable From left, Gary Zed with his fiancée, Liza Mrak, and sons Liam and Colin (absent is daughter Olivia) on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 at a BBQ to feed the hungry at The Ottawa Mission as one of more than a dozen community projects launched by Zed and his family to help local charities and small businesses. Photo by Caroline Phillips
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